MISSOURI VALLEY

ABOUT OUR CAMPUS

In 2019, we planted our college ministry and have connected with over 300 students from 17 countries. Six students came to saving faith in Christ and and students were baptized this last school year. We hope to make a kingdom difference on the Missouri Valley Campus, Marshall, the US and, around the world.

We are solely funded by churches and individuals. Any donations would be greatly appreciated and would help us spread the difference we are creating.

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LARGE GROUP GATHERING:

Thursday Nights at 7:30 PM

Free DINNER & Hang out:

Sunday Nights at 6pm - 8pm

Bethany Baptist Church

1512 S Conway Ave, Marshall, MO 65340

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MEET OUR TEAM

Every member of our board of directors is a thought leader who has made significant contributions to our team.

Each one brings a unique set of skills and expertise to our organization.

MARITA AVILEZ

CAMPUS MISSIONARY

Hi! I'm Marita Avilez. I have always had a passion for working with students. I'm a former teacher and youth minister. I was born and raised in Marshall and my husband Alex is an MVC alumni. We both are passionate about this campus. I've been helping with The Bridge since is started in 2019, but came on staff in January of 2021 and love it! I have a heart for discipleship and love getting to study God's word with my college girls!

PAUL LIST

CAMPUS CHAPLAIN

God has continued to bless my life with the people and community of faith here at MOVAL since the Bridge started. I love digging into God's Word with students and seeing the transformational power change their lives. My goal is to equip students to lead their own discipleship groups so they can fulfill the Great Commission and be disciples who make disciples of Jesus. I also love training students to know how to prepare and preach messages. Increasing peer to peer evangelism and discipleship are two of our main goals at the Bridge.

Nelius de Jager

STUDENT INTERN

Hi! My name is Nelius and this is my 2nd year as an intern for The Bridge Collegiate Ministry!

I've been involved with college ministry for the last 3 years. I’m excited to see how God will use me this year!

UPCOMING EVENTS

List of Services

G A L L E R Y

Put on some pajamas and join us this Thursday for our annual Christmas party at The Bridge! 🎄🥞

Happy Thanksgiving to all! There will be no Bridge activities this week which includes Sunday night dinner both today and next Sunday as well as Thursday night large group. The next event will be on Thursday December 5th and will be our annual Christmas party! Have a great break!

Our leadership team went to The List farm this weekend for a retreat. We ate good food, played games, and students led devotions. We have such a great team! Thank you to Pastor Paul for hosting us!

Third Thursday event: dodgeball!

Tonight at large group Julio, Liz, and Gabe led worship. Hugo taught about Moses and encouraged us to not put anything before God.

Giving Tuesday this year falls on December 3rd and we are inviting you to support us with any possible offerings. The Bridge Collegiate Ministry functions solely on donations and ministry funding. Therefore your generous contributions will help us make provision for essential supplies, maintenance of our facility, meals for various occasions and funding towards both service projects and mission trips. All this is going towards benefiting our own and other communities and strengthening the faith of the individuals that play a role in any endeavor. Together, we can bridge students to the Gospel of Christ and foster a vibrant community of discipleship. Please join us in making a difference, every gift counts! Thank you! #givingtuesday #collegeministry #bridgecollegiatemoval

Thank you to the Collins family for the delicious dinner tonight!

This week some of our students have been filling shoe boxes for Operation Christmas Child. There's still time for you to do a box too!

Tonight at Large Group Liz shared her testimony. Cedric and Sarron led worship and Nelius taught about Noah. He challenged us with these 3 points: God has our lives and paths planned out already, Trust God’s plan for your life, Listen for God’s call.

Thank you to Esther and Catherine from First Baptist Church of Carrollton for the lasagna dinner tonight!

Tonight at Large Group Cade shared about summer job opportunities with @sports.crusaders . KC, Tris and Deborah led worship and Damon taught any Absolom. He challenged us to make Jesus the King of our life rather than ourselves.

We took donations to MVC for their Winter Coat drive. Thank you to Bethany Baptist Church for donating!

Thank you to JoAnna and Justin Cowart for the taco bar tonight!

Fall Fun party at The Bridge: games, movie, pumpkin carving, food

Passing out hot chocolate at Blosser Hall haunted house

Join us for some fall fun at the Bridge on Thursday night! We will have a fire pit for s’mores, a costume contest, a diy apple bar, various snacks and food, a halloween movie playing and there will be pumpkin carving upon sign up for a pumpkin (link coming shortly)!

South Africa Night at The Bridge! Thank you to Nelius for spearheading the event and our South African students for working all afternoon to make the delicious food: Bobotie, kebabs, yellow rice, potato salad, Peppermint Crisp Tart and Malva Pudding. We had a great time!

Happy homecoming! Thank you to Pastor Paul and alumni Malia for making pancakes this morning and First Baptist Church for grilling for us at tailgating! We enjoyed hanging out with our current and former students!

Tonight at Large Group Nate shared his testimony. Luke and Paul led worship and Pastor Paul taught over Joshua. 💪“Be strong and very courageous. Be careful to obey all the law my servant Moses gave you; do not turn from it to the right or to the left, that you may be successful wherever you go. Keep this Book of the Law always on your lips; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful. Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.” 💪

We had an amazing night at Fields of Faith. Over 115 people gathered together on the MVC Football Field. Patty Jo and Luke led worship and 2 students, Luke and Gabriel, shared their testimonies of how God has been growing them during their college years. Cedric Davis, a May 2024 alumni, shared how God got ahold of his life, how people poured into him during college and now he is making disciples. He challenged students to be in God's word, to not be conformed to the world, and to be bold in their faith. Then students broke up into groups for a time of prayer. To God be the glory!

This year our international night will be proudly South African! Come join us on Sunday at 6PM for a fun night of South African food and music with a little presentation about our beautiful country’s heritage and diverse culture! 🇿🇦

Thank you to the First Christian Church of Marshall for dinner tonight!

🌽Corn maze! We all survived! 😂

If you are looking for a place to hangout after a busy weekend and you’re not up for the cafeteria, we got you sorted with some home made food right here at The Bridge Collegiate Ministry! Everyone welcome!

Tonight at Large Group Aubrey shared about a mission trip she went on over the summer with @one7_ministries. Patty Jo, Liz and Luke led worship. Student leader Aaron taught over the life of David: God Qualifies the Called, Not Calls the Qualified. Then for our 3rd Thursday event we went to the park to play pickleball!

Come join us for pickleball after The Bridge tonight! Paddles and pickleballs are provided!

Come join us for worship, a devotional and fellowship at The Bridge Collegiate Ministry on Thursday nights at 07:30 PM, everyone welcome! *pizza rolls and warm cookies included*

Let's join @thebridgemizzou for some fall fun! 🎃 Pumpkin Patch & Corn MAZE Craze! 🌽 Get ready to get lost in all the right ways! Date: October 18th Time: 6 PM – 8 PM Location: Shryocks Corn Maze (Just outside Columbia) Cost: $12 per person – Pay for the maze, not for getting lost! 😉 🚗 Meet us there at 6 PM, or hit us up for a carpool! (Just let us know if you need a ride—we are leaving Marshall at 4:45pm) Prepare for pumpkin spice vibes, plenty of laughs, and maybe the occasional wrong turn! Bring your friends, your navigation skills (or lack thereof), and your sense of adventure!

Here are our scheduled homecoming activities! We are excited to welcome back our alumni and friends for a jam packed weekend!

Thank you to Ken and Kari Mason and their Relevant Church small group for providing Sunday Night dinner at the Bridge!

Blessed to have Cedric Davis II and Sarron DeGonia lead worship, Student leader Luke Clayton brought the message, Doryan Cole kicked it off with announcements.

Come join us for the Fields of Faith event on the Gregg Mitchell Football Field at Missouri Valley College on Monday, October 21st at 8 PM for worship, student testimonies and a devotional! All students from middle school, high school and college, including parents and locals are welcome to attend! #thebridgecollegiateministry #fca #fieldsoffaith2024

Thank you to First Baptist Church of Marshall for the Taco bar for dinner tonight!

Full house at The Bridge tonight! Katie, Chuck and Marita led worship and student leader Damon taught over the story of Lot's wife. He encouraged us to look at where your heart is and to not look back at what God is calling us out of.

Tonight at The Bridge, Damon will be continuing our Old Testament series with the story of Lot’s Wife!

Student leader Luke Clayton had the opportunity to lead worship this weekend at @relevantchurchmarshall!

Thank you to The First United Methodist Church of Marshall for providing the baked potato bar for dinner tonight!

Sand volleyball at Sonic!

Tonight at Large Group, Luke led worship. Paul and Patty Jo shared about their mission trip to Nicaragua this summer and ways to be involved next year. Student leader Doryan taught tonight about the story of Sodom and Gomorrah.

DC will continue our Old Testament series tonight with Sodom and Gomorrah!

Thank you for those who came out this morning for see you at the pole! 🙏🏼🇺🇸

Join us straight after our Thursday night event for beach volleyball at Sonic! 🏐

Come join us at the flagpole, Wednesday morning, for global day of student led prayer! 🙏🏼

Tonight our dinner was made by student leader Luke and his parents! Thank you so much John and @thegennyclayton!

Hailey and Elen, two of our student leaders, had the opportunity to share at New Salem Baptist Church about The Bridge and the mission trips we took last year. Thank you New Salem for your support and the opportunity to share with you!

Trista, a May 2024 MVC graduate and former BCM intern, shared with us at Large Group about her upcoming mission opportunity in Italy. Pray for her and the work she will be doing with college students there. Tris, KC and Deborah led worship for us and Paul taught over the story of Cain and Able from Genesis 4.

Join us for the MVC Viking Stampede tomorrow night right after our 07:30 large group service! 🐴

Today Luke led worship at campus chapel. He just learned to play guitar this summer but you'd never be able to tell! He did a great job!

Thank you to Fish Creek Baptist Church for the delicious dinner tonight!

Today we had the opportunity to share about The Bridge at Relevant Church.

If you are looking for something fun to do after a long week, come join us tonight for a traditional outdoor movie night in Sedalia! 🤩

Tonight at Large Group we played autograph Bingo and @dakota_zaugg shared about working at youth camp this summer. @cedricdavisii led worship and @chaplain_mvc started our "Old Testament Figures: Lessons of Faith and Failure" series off with Adam.

Come out and join us tonight for the second Thursday Night service of the semester! 😮‍💨

First Sunday night dinner of the year! Thank you to Dave and Marilyn Rimmer for the pizza!

Come and join us tonight at 6 PM for dinner and a hangout afterwards! 🍽️🤩

Tonight was our first Large Group of the semester! We had a time of worship led by @pattyjolist , @lizxgonzalezx and @lukeclayton_75. @marita_avilez shared the mission statement of The Bridge and our student leaders introduced themselves. @chaplain_mvc shared The Gospel and gave an overview of the old testament characters we will be learning about this semester.

Come out and join us tonight for the first Thursday Night service of the semester! 🫨

Involvement Fair @missouri_valley_college

For Labor Day, we took a group of students and joined @thebridgemizzou for a float trip in southern Missouri on the Current River. We had a great time!

We would like to introduce you to Hailey Miller, Student Leader

We had a great time at the Back to School BBQ!

We would like to introduce you to Dakota Zaugg, Student Leader

Come and join us Thursday evening for bbq and games at The Bridge Collegiate Ministry, everyone is welcome!

We would like to introduce you to Damon Williams, Student Leader

We had a fun time at the Carnival on the Quad! Welcome back MVC students!

The student leaders have been busy today! Campus chapel @MVC, sharing at First Baptist Church Marshall, and lunch fun at Laura's house!

We would like to introduce you to Andrew Welty, Student Leader

We would like to introduce you to Sawyer Reidt, Student Leader

We would like to introduce you to Alondra Lopez, Student Leader

We would like to introduce you to Doryan “DC” Cole, Student Leader

We would like to introduce you to Luke Clayton, Student Leader

We would like to introduce you to Elen Cabral, Student Leader

🚣‍♂️✨ Ready for an epic Labor Day weekend? Join us for The Bridge’s Labor Day Float Trip on September 1-2! For just $50 per person, enjoy transportation, float, breakfast, and lunch. Don’t miss out—sign up now! The Bridge @Moval will leave Marshall at 1pm to meet The Bridge MU in Columbia for this trip. 🔗 Register here: https://thebridgemizzou.churchcenter.com/registrations/events/2461924

We would like to introduce you to Aaron Barber, Student Leader

We would like to introduce you to Nelius De Jager, our Student Intern

Today was our first day of Dorm Deals! We'll have it again on Aug 23 9am-11!

Come shop Dorm Deals!

Several sports teams returned to MVC campus today. We helped five students move their stuff from The Bridge storage to their rooms. We got a good workout!

Come shop our sale and save on your dorm needs!

Tonight @rubaldm74 made Nepali food for us for dinner! Then we studied Daniel chapter 8.

We now have 2 playlists only available on Spotify! BCM Pregame is pump up music that will be played before service. BCM Worship is the songs that have been and will be played during the worship portion of large groups. Add these playlists linked in our bio and jam with us!!!

Today we joined the MU Bridge at Finger Lakes State Park for fun at the lake. Then we ended the night with Bible study over Daniel chapter 7.

Paulino is on a mission trip to Mexico! He went with us on our mission trip over Thanksgiving break and had the opportunity to go with our association this week. On our last trip, he received training on how to share the Gospel with the 3 circles bracelets and shared it in Spanish with the family we were building the house for and some shop keepers at the market. He's sharing again on this trip and we are so proud of him!